quinta-feira, fevereiro 23, 2006

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"Several ‘activists’ at the conference spoke fondly ofthe British National Party. The delightfully-namedStan Hess (“no relation, I’m afraid”), a rabid racistwho is very active within the IHR, said, “I know Nick[Griffin, BNP leader] real well. Nice guy. I met him awhile back.” However, the main area of growth for theIHR and its arguments is in the Muslim world. As IHRactivist Nicholas Tanery explained, “Since theintifada began, we’ve been making huge inroads intothe Arab world. Robert Faurisson [a criminal Frenchholocaust denier, who was present at the conference]has met with the Iranian defence minister, forexample. We get a lot of positive comments on our sitefrom Muslims and Arabs. Can you imagine if everyMuslim leader came out and said that the gas chambersdidn’t exist?” He grinned. I felt a little queasy whenI heard the Palestinian cause – which is supported toworld over by people who despise anti-semitism butequally despise the inexcusable policy of denying thePalestinians a state of their own – being hijacked.Nick then explained the real aim of all this activity.“We need to burst the Jews’ bubble. If we take awaythe Holocaust, we take away their victimhood and theirmoral legitimacy. That leaves them with nothing, andthen they really can be destroyed.”[....]The IHR, frankly, aren’t capable of organising anegg-and-spoon race, never mind another genocide. Theyare ridiculous. But, in a drip-drip manner, they aremaking it seem as though the Holocaust has a questionmark hanging over it. In fact, it is as preposterousto deny the existence of the Holocaust as it is todeny the existence of Australia - yet the deniers’arguments are, worryingly, seeping into the publicconsciousness. History professors across Europe andthe US are increasingly confronted by students whoask, “Did the Holocaust really happen?” A poll in the1990s found that an extraordinary 20% of the US publicthought it was possible that the Holocaust did nothappen. The Holocaust Denial website run by BradleySmith, who spoke at the IHR conference, has receivedover 20 million hits, and the internet is makingdenial literature more available than ever before. Thenext Hitler will probably not rise from amongst theranks of freaks and losers who make up the IHR. Butwhen the next anti-semitic leader does offer his sirencall, his path will have been made easier by the IHRand the lies they are keeping alive. "

By the way, I am very happy that David Irving was jailed, and hope to not see his face here around for a few years. For what he says has nothing to do with freedom of speech..W the Law!